love them like Jesus

Well it has been a long time since my lost blog. A lot has happened since my last blog, but I won't bore you with all of that just what is on my heart mind right now.

A few months ago Misty and I were asked to be foster parents for a specific child. We both felt God leading us in this direction and we also felt that we were going to be more than just foster parents to this child. Misty and I both feel that eventually adoption was a future possibility.

I felt like blogging today because we now have the child in our home. It has only been a few hours, but things appear to be good. It is difficult to hold back the tears when I read the child's history and hear what they have been through. No one should have to face the fears and circumstances this child has been through.

While preparing to blog the song "Love Them Like Jesus" by Casting Crowns came on my blog music player. The chorus really hit me.

You're trying to make sense of it all
They're desperate for hope, darkness clouding their view
They're looking to you

Just love them like Jesus, carry them to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus.


This song is not about children, but the chorus really made me realize how we need to reach out to people in the way Jesus did.

Jesus simply showed love to others and accepted them as they are...sinners. "While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

Jesus does not expect us to follow a bunch rules, before we follow Him. He just wants us to be in relationship with Him and show that love to others. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:30-31


The last part of the song sums it all up for us:

The Lord of all creation holds our lives in His hands
The God of all the nations holds our lives in His hands
The Rock of our salvation holds our lives in His hands
He cares for them just as He cares for you

So love them like Jesus, love them like Jesus
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus

Will you love them like Jesus?